Already this weekend, the Alley of Lithuanian Cultural Centers located in the Music Hall of the Book Fair will become a place where visitors will discover the diverse cultural life of our cities and towns.
Creative meetings, discussions, educational activities, events, which will highlight the most important events of this year - the significant centenary of the annexation of Klaipėda region to Lithuania, the commemoration of Tauragė - the cultural capital of Lithuania, announcing the important news about 2024. Lithuanian song festival commemorating the hundredth anniversary.
"There is an active cultural life in the regions of Lithuania, there are many cultural centers that successfully organize the dissemination of not only amateur but also professional art, carry out educational activities, and organize art collectives. Over 50 events are held here per year. of events combining various art genres, richly involving local communities. Cultural centers work every day to bring people together in their cities through song and dance - it is here, with intensive rehearsals and concerts, that preparations are being made for the centenary of the Lithuanian song festival tradition. Already this year, a concert tour will travel through the cities of Lithuania, inviting people to this event that unites thousands," said Saulius Liausa, director of the Lithuanian National Cultural Center.
Discussions
Representatives of cultural institutions and society, project organizers, performers will participate in the discussions held on the Conversation Stage of the Music Hall.
February 23 16 p.m. the discussion "Living heritage - sustainable and for sustainability" will touch upon the issues of the vitality of intangible cultural heritage and musical traditions: what this heritage means for communities, their identity, sustainable lifestyle, how to grasp the essence of one or another tradition, what role creativity plays in preserving heritage, how continuity interacts and kisma. Ethnomusicologist will participate, hab. Dr. Daiva Vyčinienė, historian, archaeologist dr. Rimvydas Laužikas, ethnomusicologist dr. Loreta Sungailienė. The conversation will be moderated by musicologist Vida Šatkauskienė.
February 23 at 17 p.m. in the discussion "What is the role of the Lithuanian Song Festival in society" about next year's centenary Lithuanian Song Festival, its importance for us as a society, what we will talk about, sing and dance about in 2024 will be discussed by choir conductor prof. Vytautas Miškinis, marketing and communication manager of the project "Kaunas - European Capital of Culture 2022" Mindaugas Reinikis. The interview will be moderated by the director of the Lithuanian National Cultural Center S. Liausa.
Entertainment
Various entertainments will await visitors in the Alley of Culture Centers: the Culture Customs will be located at the Tauragė city stand, where visitors will be able to try out the Culture scanner, take a photo and receive a unique visa, giving them the opportunity to come to this year's Lithuanian capital of culture - Tauragė. An interactive quiz and game "Catch a fish in the sea of culture" will be held at the Klaipėda stand, and at the Eastern Aukštaitija stand you will be able to weave an Aukštai braided ribbon.
2024 will be distributed at the stand of the Lithuanian National Cultural Center. attributes of the song festival "Kad giria žaliautő", a special portal will introduce visitors to the history of the Song Festival and the most prominent genres of the festival - choirs, song and dance ensembles, folklore ensembles, wind instrument orchestras, theaters, folk art, and by putting on virtual reality glasses you will be able to feel the Song Festival part of
Visitors to the fair will also be invited to join the Culture Centers Alley campaign and weave with folk art masters in 2024. the symbol of the song festival is a straw garden.
Concerts
On the Big Stage of the Music Hall, the encyclopedia guide "Patrons of Lithuanian National Instruments" published this year by the Lithuanian National Culture Center, authored by Dr. Dr. Algytė Merkelienė, will present the most prominent performers described in the guide and their colleagues.
The most important cultural events will be presented by amateur art collectives operating in the cultural centers of the country: the folklore ensembles of the Klaipėda Ethnoculture Center, the choir of the capital's children and youth center "Kivi", Panevėžys district. wind instrument orchestra "Aukštyn", children's and youth folk dance ensemble "Žirginėliai" of the Plungė cultural center and collectives of the Tauragė region.
Viewers will learn about the region of Klaipėda celebrating a significant anniversary, implementing new cultural ideas and initiatives in 2023. In the cultural capital of Lithuania - Tauragė, you will hear the hundred-year-old story of the song festival that tells the story of Lithuania by singing and dancing, inviting everyone to meet again in the summer of next year.
